ELECTRONIC COTTAGE Compilation 004

7/13/2018

ELECTRONIC COTTAGE
COMPILATION 004
an international compilation
featuring recordings by 34 members
of the Electronic Cottage community

also available on CDR for $8 postage paid worldwide
PayPal to haltapes@gmail.com

Contributors will receive one complimentary CDR copy
and five free download codes (by request only).

1. Ditlev Buster — Welcome to the EC compilation
2. Frank — That’s how I would like to be remembered
3. {AN} EeL -- The Quaker's Staff & The Dutch Oven
4. Thomas Park — Rite Cycle
5. Juan Angel Italiano — Barrio Tassano
6. Jack Hz — Don's Refrigerator Makes the Best Cottage Cheese
7. Shaun Robert — Gregorius
8. Don Campau — Too Hot For Hands
9. Rafael González — Electronic Cottage Theme
10. Walls Of Genius — Escape Of The Madman
11. Swami Loopynanda — Twisted In Space
12. John M. Bennett -- ILB'AL
13. Ken Montgomery — Kisses
14. Eduardo GOZNE -- The Great Flood (Genesis 7.12)
15. Lord Litter — Workshop
16. Phillip Klampe — Merlin’s Gesture
17. Dylan Houser — Stop-Motion Zombie Frycooks on the Moon
18. osvaldo cibils -- soundart28june2018 - the bombilla distortions
19. Chris Phinney -- Slap Shot
20. Jim Barker — Pile Driver Folk Dinner
21. Lumen K -- A Shaman Prays For Hal McGee
22. Aimee Grace Naworal — Haint Blue
23. Adam Naworal — Suomi (for P. Airaksinen)
24. Seiei Jack — The Fake Project
25. Jen Sandwich — False Memories
26. Shatter Wax — Electro Acoustic Cottage Visitation
27. John Wiggins — JAN Zoom Samples String (2018)
28. Dave Fuglewicz — The Near Bygone Days
29. Jeff Central — HAL No
30. Francesco Aprile — Zen poem
31. W.A.Davison — Broken Radio Loops
32. Hal McGee — microcassette assemblage for Electronic Cottage
33. Hal Harmon — Zap...Yer Dead On Arrival
34. David Nadeau -- Cenestopathical Caroussel

compilation produced by Hal McGee
artwork by W.A.Davison
July 2018
The EC compilation will create greater solidarity among the community members, forge stronger connections, and stimulate more community projects.

ELECTRONIC COTTAGE
is an alternative international community
dedicated to homemade & DIY experimental art and music,
Cassette Culture, Mail Art and zines
– inspired by
Dada, Fluxus, Punk Rock, Hacking, Circuit Bending, Anarchy,
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40 Comments

Electronic Cottage
Editor
Hal McGee

I have been making my own homemade experimental music since 1981.

I was an active participant in the 1980s Cassette Culture scene, and I operated the Cause And Effect Cassette Distribution Service and label, and recorded solo as Dog As Master, and in a duo as Viscera.

From 1989 to 1991 I published six issues of the original Electronic Cottage print magazine.

In the last 36 years I have recorded, produced and released more than 300 solo audio works, collaborations and compilations. In the last two years I have revived my personal zine, HalZine.

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Adam J Naworal

7/13/2018 06:16:25

It's such a GREAT collection! Diverse, with the only common ground being experimentation! GREAT JOB, EVERYONE!

Aimee Naworal link

7/13/2018 06:23:42

Glad I got up early to hear this wonderful collection!

Thomas Park link

7/13/2018 07:12:03

Yes, I am really enjoying this, too. Great job, Hal and folks!

Lord Litter link

7/13/2018 07:41:49

....just listened to the whole compilation..what a world of sound! .. brilliant landscape! .. great variety!

.. also very wise to have the 2 minutes *rule* .. keeps it really fresh .. always wanted to hear the next one!

.. I'll exploid the compilation mucho at forthcomming radioshows!

Chris Phinney

7/13/2018 08:23:22

Excellent comp, awesome job by everyone just what I needed before work!

Frank

7/13/2018 08:43:13

I truly enjoyed this compilation! So many styles/sounds... I love it! Thanks for putting this together, Hal! And great music everybody!

Juan Angel italiano

7/13/2018 08:55:59

¡Fabuloso, Hal! Gran compilación, gran esfuerzo ¡Bravo!

Jack Hertz link

7/13/2018 09:41:35

Thanks for supporting all of us. Great mix and I love the cover.

William Davison link

7/13/2018 10:14:13

Thanks!

7/13/2018 10:12:51

Great job everyone! Excellent work!

The Warner Brothers link

7/13/2018 10:34:13

This is just the sort of thing that is going to ruin the music industry. If creativity ever becomes genuinely more important than profit, our entire system is bound to crumble into rubble.

7/13/2018 11:02:09

Alright, who left this one? XD

Rafael González

7/13/2018 14:48:12

I love this compilation. It is an honor for me to be here. Thank you all!!!

osvaldo cibils

7/14/2018 09:32:14

¡¡Buenísima COMPILATION 004!!
¡¡Gracias Hal y todos los participantes!!

Jay Peele link

7/14/2018 12:27:20

What a wonderful compilation. I am on my second listen and am just blown away. Lord Litter's "Workshop" is especially fantastic and fun!!!

7/15/2018 06:51:31

Many thanks for the feedback!

'Twas very much fun to produce this special piece for this very special compilation!

VERY glad to be part of it!

7/16/2018 13:50:28

Your track was funny AND insightful! Thanks so much, Lord Litter!

Hal McGee, EC Editor

7/15/2018 01:29:08

I would like to remind you that each contributor to the compilation can request five free download codes to share the compilation with friends and fans. This is a good way to promote the compilation. I have begun the process of mailing CDR copies of the compilation to all contributors. Hopefully I will complete this task by Thursday, at the latest.

Hal McGee

7/16/2018 07:02:24

On Saturday, 14 July, I mailed four CDR copies of the EC Compilation to contributors and purchasers, and today, 16 July, I mailed 29 CDRs to contributors.

7/16/2018 07:25:17

MANY thanks for this!!

Like I said I'll exploid my copy for mucho airplay! .. back with playlists.......

Little Fyodor

7/19/2018 07:42:27

Finally got to listening, and hey, that's one great comp!

I hope you all won't mind if I don't quite feel like I know you all from it yet, that'll take a bunch of listenings. For now, I feel like I just arrived at a party and everyone's just been introduced to me and I already forgot all their names, haha!! But I know every track was great, unique and interesting to listen to....

7/19/2018 18:29:19

Got my copy of the cd other day, cd sounds great, Looks great, excellent cover art Mr Davison! Excellent mastering & all that goes with it by Hal!

7/20/2018 09:25:54

On Tuesday, July 17, 2018 Rob Demperio played several tracks from Electronic Cottage Compilation 004 on his "Lumpytunes! Definitely Difficult Listening" program on WSLR, Sarasota, Florida Community Radio. He played EC Comp tracks by Ditlev Buster, Frank, {AN} Eel, Thomas Park, Lord Litter, Phillip Klampe, Dylan Houser, osvaldo cibils, Jen Sandwich, and shatter wax. The latter two artists were made a guest appearance on the show. You can listen to the entire two-hour program here: https://wslr.org/shows/lumpytunes/

C. Goff III link

7/20/2018 19:41:11

Hooray for Airplay! Hooray for J and J! Hooray I got my copy of the compilation in my postal box today! Hooray for Hal! Swami Loopynanda has told me that he'll be giving the comp a bit of airplay himself in the near future!

7/21/2018 02:48:08

Great show guys! Unfortunately for me(bad internet) the show got interrupted way too many times.

7/21/2018 02:56:00

It would be great if the shows could be downloadable.

7/21/2018 05:46:41

GREAT *no compromise* show! .. best *Twist like we did last summer* cover version I EVER heard starts the show...could not stop laughting! ... brilliant to be part of the show! ... Thanks!!!

7/21/2018 04:15:48

I'll try again later! I connected my phone to my dictaphone, but connection broke down with Jay's session and again almost at the end with Jen talking.(And that was already my second try) Laptop wouldn't connect to the website.

7/22/2018 07:37:00

CD arrived! Looks/sounds great! Thank U VERY much!

It's so much better to have the tracks on a physical release now!

... will be back with playlists...

7/22/2018 08:02:28

That was quick! Only eight days travel time in the mail!

7/22/2018 08:09:22

... a last farewell from our little blue friend?

7/22/2018 08:11:38

The Postal Service still has not removed the blue box like they threatened that they would do on the 19th! I talked to my apartment complex manager about the problem and he complained to the lady who delivers our mail!

7/22/2018 08:15:13

I talked to my apartment complex manager about the problem and he complained to the lady who delivers our mail!

>>>> which would be a great example of *resistance* on a very small scale!

Leslie Singer

7/23/2018 14:12:30

What a beautiful, cool and awe inspiring compilation. I've been listening to it late at night and it is simply wunderbar! Hal, love your pieces. It is also great to hear Wall of Genius again and to be introduced to the amazing work of John M. Bennett. We are giving this 4 thumbs up!

7/23/2018 15:01:18

Thank you for weighing in, Leslie! It's beautiful and cool just to know you're on the planet!

7/23/2018 15:17:45

Thanks for listening to the new Electronic Cottage Compilation, Leslie! As Fyodor said, it's great just to know that you are alive and well and still making Earth a better place. We will fill the world in all or at least a lot of the details soon! Well, kind of soon!

7/25/2018 10:30:25

I have mailed out 58 CDR copies of EC Compilation 004. This coming weekend I will get 40 more info cards printed and will mail more CDRs to people who I think might be interested in the compilation. The compilation has been downloaded 19 times. All tracks combined have been streamed 1,740 times. Not surprisingly the track that has been streamed the most times is the first one, Ditlev Buster's "Welcome to the EC compilation". Overall the tracks have been listened to all the way through at a fairly high percentage, and this is probably due to the tracks being short.

7/25/2018 11:23:00

That's a big job you're doing, Mister Editor. I appreciate your efforts, investments, enthusiasms, and especially your desire to make this a top-of-the-mark success! Thanks for all, including this recent report.

7/25/2018 11:58:41

Great! Many thanks for the new report - yes - I'm also very convinced that keeping the tracks short was a very good move! Most *classic singles* are not much longer that 2 minutes...!

8/5/2018 05:58:40

One of the contributors to the new EC Compilation recently wrote to me that
"This thing is really amazing!!!! Assembled very well too!! It flows nicely. It's like a fucking NWW album!!!"